Detachable sweat band



Jan. 5, 1937. i SPQRR'E 2,066,493

- DETACHABLE SWEAT BAND Filed Feb. 4, 1955 DIETAJLE SWEAT amen iinstave application Febry d, was, Serial No. east The present invehtion relates to race for supporting and holding a hat on the head of the wearer and has particular reference to hats oi the type which are larger in size than the wearers head and are suspended by the sweat band which is fitted to the particular size of the head of-the wearer.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a novel hat band or head band or sweat band device which is readily attachable and detachable from the hat and which is also preferably adjustably connected to the hat in such a way that as the hat is put onto the head the band readily fits the head with an air space between the head and the lower portion of the crown of the hat for, air circulation and ventilation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for connecting the sweat band to the hat.

A further object is to provide a novel means of connecting a chin strap to the hat.

Other objects, advantages, capabilities, fea-- tures and the like are comprehended by the invention as will later appear and as areinherently possessed by the invention.

Referring to the drawing;

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of a hat and sweat band device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken through a part of the hat to show the connection between the hat and the sweat band;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation showing the adjustability of the sweat band.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation of the connecting means between the sweat band and the hat; and,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of an end portion of the chin strap showing a part of the means for connecting it to the hat.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the embodiment selected to illustrate the invention is shown in connection with a hat I having a crown 2 and a brim 3. The crown may have design features such as a boss 4 to represent a top knot, ridges 5 to represent seams or the like, and ribs 6 to represent folds or pleats or the like.

The hat is preferably composed oi accreted fibrous material molded upon a porous former or die by the accretion of treated fibres upon the contured surface of the molding die, and suitably pressed, dried and coated, as more fully disclosed in the co-pending applications of Jesse B. Hawley and Edward C. Sloan et al.- Serial Nos. 4,866 and 4,862, respectively, both filed February 4,

(m. ti -mil) 1935, the latter being assigned as is this application to Jesse B. Hawley, Geneva, Illinois.

At the juncture l between the crown it and the brim 3 are located connecting means 8 which, in the particular embodiment selected to illus trate the invention, are in the form of resilient strips which may be metal or the like. Each strip is provided at its lower end with an opening for receiving the shank t of the lug or male part i t of a glove snap type of securing or fastening means, the shank t being provided with suitable flanges Ill and it at both sides of the lower end of the member t. The socket or female part it of the glove snap type of fastener extends through a hole provided in the juncture of the hat and has an inner flange Ml abutting the inner surface of the hat and an outer head part it intowhich the male part it of the inner snap enters. The head also is of such a. size as to form a sort of an abutting flange at the outer surface of the hat. The head is so formed that it may bear with substantial area against the outer surface of the juncture i so as not to tear into or throughthe material of the hat and also i as not to injure or mar the surface of the hat.

The upper end of the strip 3 has a bend it and a short depending end portion ll which is provided with a hole in which is received a hollow rivet or eyelet it having suitable flanges on the ends thereof for engagement with the depending part i l and the inner surface of a sweat band it as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The sweat band is in the form of a strip of material which has sufficient stiffness to be held in some general form and still is resilient enough to give. for changing the size of the band. In the drawing, this sweat band is shown to be of oval shape and is connected at spaced points to the connecting or supporting strips 8 as clearly indicated in the drawing. The band has free end portions 20 and M which may be adjustably connected together by any suitable means. In the particular embodiment selected to illustrate the invention the end portions 20 and H are provided with eyelets 22 and 23 through which may be threaded a cord 24 which may be either elastic or non-elastic as desired, in such a manner that the ends 25 and 26 of the cord may be tied together to form a knot 21. By tying the cord with greater or less length of the lap 28, it will be apparent that the end portions 20 and N of the sweat band" may beat a greater or less distance with respect to each other accordingly in-. creasing or decreaslngthe ize of the sweat band. In making adjustments of e size 01' the sweat band each element 8 is capable of swinging about the axis of the snap means and also about the axis of the eyelet I8 and may swing to one side or the other as shown by dotted lines 8 and 8" in Fig. 3 of the drawing. In other words, as the sweat band is enlarged or made smaller in size the members 8 will be capable of movement angularly about the axis of the snap Ill, as also angularly about the axis of the eyelet l8. In this way, the resilient members 8 compensate for adjustment or variation in the size of the sweat band. There is sufficient friction between the flanges of the snap and the flanges of the eyelet to hold the elements 8 in adjusted position.

The members or elements 8 are also flexible so that as the sweat band is forced upon the head, when. placing "the hat upon the head, and is expanded at the lower portion of the sweat band, the members 8 will be flexed in compensation of that movement of the sweat band. In other words, the hat is supported by way of the elements 8 in a sort of suspension from the sweat band, the sweat band being supported on the head of the wearer. It will also be noted that the sweat band is spaced from the iower portion of the crown so that there is provided an air space between the sweat band and the hat so as to afford free circulation of air. By reason of the resiliency or flexibility of the members or elements 8, when the hat is upon the head, there is a certain amount of tension or pressure tending to hold the band snugly yet comfortably upon the head of the wearer.

A. chin strap may also be secured to the hat by suitable connecting elements, such as glove snaps, comprising a female member 3U similar to the female member is shown in Figs. 2 and 4, this female member being secured to the hat in the same way, and a male member 3i similar to the male member Hi shown in Figs. 2 and 4 and secured to the end portion 32 o! the chin strap 33 in the same way as the snap Ill is secured to the end of the connecting element 8.

One of the advantages of having both the sweat band and the chin strap deta'chably connected to the hat is that the hats may all be made of one size and when the hat is to be used by the wearer of a given size of head, the sweat band which is nearest to the size of the head may be easily snapped into place by snap in the male parts into the female parts of the snaps. If the sweat band is not of the exact size of the head adjustment may be made by tying the knot El at the proper place. Then the chin strap which has been chosen by the person to wear the hat, may then be easily snapped into place.

Another advantage is that should the hat be used by a person for a short period of time, such as by an Army man, and when the wearer has ceased to use it, the hat may be then issued to another Army man but a new sweat band and a new chin strap will be attached into place in lieu of the ones formerly used by the previous Army man. The will obviate the necessity of issuing an entirely new hat to the second man.

Another advantage is that when it is desired to clean the hat, it is an easy matter to remove the sweat band and the chin strap and after the hat has been cleaned it is as easy to replace them. While I have herein disclosed an embodiment illustrative of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto but may comprehend other constructions, details, arrangements of parts, features, and the like without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus disclosed the invention,

I claim:

1. In a hat, a sweat band, connecting elements, means for pivotally connecting said elements to said band at spaced poinm, snap lugs, means for pivotally connecting said lugs to said elements, snap sockets connected to said hat at corresponding points to said elements, said elements extending upwardly from the sockets and being bent downwardly for connection to the sweat band.

2. In a hat, a sweat band of adjustable length, resilient connecting elements, eyelets pivotally connecting said elements to the upper part of said band at spaced points and snap sockets and snap lugs pivotally connecting said elements to said hat at the lower part of the crown of said hat, said elements extending upwardly from the sockets and bent downwardly for connection to the sweat band.

GUSTAVE A. SPORRE. 

